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MUST APOLOGIZE. The President's Message to Congress on the Chilean Situation So Says tho Ohlloan Govornmont Must Apologlzo and Mnko Reparation Tor tho AssaultUpon tho Baltimoro's Sailors. Tho MatU Circular Noto Must bo With-drawn and tho Language Disavowed, or Diplomatic Rotations with Chilo Will Cease. Mr Bffnn'i Ilrrtill Will Not bo Considered Until These nro Disposed of The l'reslilont (llvrii IIU ICimanni Tur Milking Thcso Demands nml Advises Mint Thoy bo Con- Armed nml Knfnrond by I C'oiigroii. Wabiiinoton, Jan.

CO. The following is President Harrison's on tho Chilean situation Bout to congress yesterday: To the scimtn and homo of representatives: In mv annual message, delivered to congress at the beginning of tho present session, after -brief statement of tho tacts then In the posses, nlon of this government totalling tho ass lult In tho streets of Valparaiso, Chile, upon tho Bailors of tho Untied States steamship tltlmoro on thccvonlngof tho Itithof October Inst, I said: "This government Is now awaiting the result of sn Im estimation which has been conducted bv the criminal court of Valpiralso It Is reported unofficially that the Investigation Is about com-plotcd and It Is expected that tho result will noon bo communicated to this government, together nith some adequate and satisfactory response to tho nolo by which tho attention of Chile an called to this Incident. If these just expectations should bo disappointed or further needless tlelny Intervene, I will by special message brine this matter again to the attention of congress for such action as may be necessary." In mv opinion, tho time has now comu when 1 should lav before the congress and tho country the correspondence between this government and tho government of Chile, from tho tlmoot tho breaking out of tho revolution ngilnst Bil-tnaceda, togother with all other facta In tho possession of tho executive department relating to this matter. The diplomatic correspondence Is 'herewith transmitted, together with somo correspondence between the naval officers for tho timc In commind In Chile in waters nnd tho secretary of tho navy and, also tho evidence taken at tho Marn Island navy yard since the arrival of tho Baltimore at Sin I'ranclsco I do not deem It necessary In this communication to attempt any full analysis of tho correspondence or of tho evidence. A brief restatement of tho international questions Involved and of tho rca- sons why responses Chilean govern--mcntnro unsatisfactory is all that I deem ncccs-eary.

It may bs well, at the outset, to say that what-over may hive been said In this country or In Chilo In criticism of Mr. Kgan. our minister at Santiago, the true history of this exciting period tin Chilean affairs, from the outbreak of tho until this time, discloses no acton the part or Mr. Kgan unworthy or his position or that could justly le tho occasion of serious animadversion or criticism He has. I think, on tho whole borne himself In very trying elrcum-etanees with dignity, discretion and courage, and has conducted tho correspondence with ability, courtesy nnd fairness.

It Is worth nliile also at thu beginning to say that the right of Mr. Kgan to glvo shelter In the 'legation to certain adherents of the Balmacedi igovirnment who applied to him for asylum Ins not been denied by the Chilean authorities, nor I has nny doinnnd been made for tho surrender of these refugee. That there was urgent need or asvlum Is shown by Mr. l'gan'w note of August 24, IBM, de-bribing tho disorders tint prevailed in Snullago. and by the evidence of Capt Schley as to tho pillage nnd violence tint prevailed at Valpiralso.

The correspondence discloses, how- ever, 'that the requestor Mr. Egan for sife conduct from tho country, In behalf of these refugies, was denied Tho precedents cited by him In thu correspondence, pirtlcitlarly the case of the revolution in Peru In ISM, did not leave tho Chilean in position to deny the right or usvitim to political refugees nnd seemed verv clearly to support Mr. Bran's con tontlon tint 11 ito conduct to neutral territory was iicccm mid acknowledged Incident of the asylum Tlioso refugees havu verv recently, without foi in-vl ifc conduct, but by tho ncqules cence of the Chilean authorities, been placed on Twaril the Yorktown and nre now being conveyed to Oill.io. Peru Tills Incident might bo considered wholly closed but for the disrespect manircsted tow-ird this government bv thu close and offensive police surveillance ot the leg itlon premises, hlch vv as maintained during most ot tho period of tho stay of tho retugees therein After tho date of mv annual mess tgo and up to the time of the transferor the retugees to tho "Yorktown, the legation premises seem to have been surrounded bv police, In uniform and police agents or detectives. In citizens' dress, who offensively scrutinized persons entering or leaving the legation and, on one or more occasions, arretted members ct the minister's family.

Commander Kvans who by mv direction recently visited Mr. Kgan at Santiago In Us telegram tho navy department, described the legation as "a veritable prh-on," und states that the police ngents or detectives were, after bis arrival, withdrawn during his stay Itnp pears rurthor, trom the nateof Mr. Egan of Nov fiO, 1891, that on one occasion at least these police agents whom ho declares to be known to him, invaded tho legation premises, pounding upon tho window sand using Insulting and threaten Ing language towards persons therein This breach of the right or a mln-lister to freedom irom police espionage and restraint seems to have been so flagrant that tho Argentlno minister, who was dean of tho ill ploma tie corps, hiving observ ed 1 1, felt culled upon to protest against it to tho Chilean minister tf foreign affairs The Chilean have, as will be observed trom tho coricspondtnco.thargcd tho refugees and the In-mates of the legation vvilh Insulting tho police: "out it seems to be incredible that men whoso Hives were In jeop-irdy, and whose safety could -only bo secured bv retirement and quietness i should have sought to provoke a collision which could only end In their destruction, or to aggravate their condition bv Intensifying a popular feeling that, at one time, so threatened the legation as to require Mr. Egan to appeal to the minister of foreign affairs. But the most serious Incident disclosed by tho correspondence is tint of thoattadk upon the or the Biltlmore In tho streots of Valparaiso on tho 10th of October last.

In my an- nuai message, speaking upon the Information then In mv I said: "So far as I have yet been able to learn, no other explanation of th'4 bloody ork has been suggested than that t', had Its origin In hostility to these men as Bailors of the United States, wearing tho unl-iformof their government, und not In any individual act or personal animosity." IVe have now received from the Chilean gov-rrnment an abstract of the conclusions of tho fiscal general upon the testimony taken by tho Judgo of crimes In an which was imade to extend over ncarlv three months I very much regret to be compelled to sav that this report does not enable mo to modify tho conclusion announced In mv annual message. I still of thn opinion that ours illors were as vaulted, beaten, stabbed and killed, for what the government of the United States had done or was, charged with having done, by Its civ II offleeni and naval commanders If that be tho trie aspect of the case the Injury was to the government of the United Mites, not to those poor sailors who were ass lulled in manner so brutal and so cowardly. Before attempting to give an outline or the facts upon which this conclusion rests. I think It right to say a word oi two upon tho legal aspect of theensc. The Baltimore was In the harbor of Valparaiso by vlitueot Unit gcncial Invi tatlon which nations ure held to extend to the war vessels of other powers with which thov ihave friendly relations This Invitation.

1 think, must be held ordlnirliy to embrace tho privilege of such communication with tho shore as Is ii-iisouable, access uy and proper lor the comfort nnd convenience of the officers ant) men of such vessel. Captain Settle testnes that when his vessel returned to on September II the cltv offeerrt. as Is customary, ox tended thu ihospltulltU'sortlie city to hut QftketH.iiid crew. It Is not claimed thai oven' pcihuimI collision or Injury In which sallnt or ofltterof Such naval vessel visiting hc diorc may be Involved (raises an lntertiiloimlistloii; but Iain clearly of the opinion lint t.heru such sillors oroln- cere aro iisiiiillc-d bv resident populate and by hostility to the government whuso uniform these sillers and officers wear ami In ircsrnuncnl of acts done bv their government, tnotby them, this nation must lake notice ot ithe event as one Involving an Infraction of lis tights and dignity: not In a uocondarv way. sis wheiu clticn Is Injured am1 pioseitts his cltiiu through his own Aoieromont, but In a primary way, precisely as it Its nlutster consul or the Mag Itself had thi object A the same character ot as sault Tho officers and sailors ot tho Dattlmoro wcro In tho harbor of Valparaiso nnaer the orders of their government, not by their own choice.

Thoy wcro upon tho shore by tho Implied Invitation ot tho government of Chilo nnd with tho approval of their commanding omccr: and it does not distinguish their case from a consul that his stay Is more permanent that ho holds tho express Invitation ot tho local government to justify his long residence. Nor docs It affect the question that the Injury was tho act of a mob. thero had been no participation by tho police ot military In this cruel work nnd no neglect on tielr part to extend protection, tho caso would still bo ono, In my opinion, when Its extent nnd charaoter nro considered, Involving International rights. Tho Incidents of tho affair aro brlolly us follows: Oa tho 10th of October last, Capt. Schley, commanding tho United Stntcs steamer Baltimore gave shoro leave to ono hundred and seventeen petty ofllrcrs nnd sailors of his ship.

Thcso men left tho ship about 1:30 p.m. No Incident of vlolenco occurred: none of our men wcro arrested: no complaint was lodged against them: nor did any collision or outbreak occur until about fl o'clock p. m. Capt, Schley states that ho was himself on shoro nnd nboul tho streets of tho city until that he mot very my of his men who wcro upon leave; that they were sober and wcro conducting themselves with propriety, slluting Chilean and other oftlcers ns thoy met them. Other orflccrs of the ship and Capt.

Jenkins, of the merchant ship Keweenaw, corroborated Capt. Schley as to the general sobriety and pood behavior Oi our men. Tho sisters of charity of tho hospital to which our wounded men were taken, when Inquired of, stated that they wero sober when received. If tho situation had been othcrwlso wo must believe that the Chilean pollco authorities would halo mado arrests About Op. m.

the assault began, nnd It Is remarkable that tho Investigation by the judgo of crimes, though so protracted, docs not enable him lo glvo nny moro satisfactory account of Its origin that Is found In the statement that It began between drunken sailors. Itcpcatcdly In the correspondence It is asserted that it was Impossible to learn the precise causo of tho riot. The minister of foreign affairs, Malta, In his telegram to Mr. Mnntt, under date or December 31, states that the quarrel began between two sailors In a tavern and was continued In the street, persons who were pasting joining In It. Tho testimony or Talbot, an apprentice who was with lllggln.

Is that tho outbreak In which they were Involved began by Chilean sailors spitting In the face of Talbot, which was resented by a knock down. It appears that Itlggln and Talbot wcro nt the time uuao-comp-inlcd by any others of their shlpmvtcs. These two men were immediately besot by a crowd of Chilean citizen. "1 sailors, through which they broke thet. way to a street car and entered It for safety.

Thoy were pursued, driven from tho car and lllggln was so sorlously beaten that ho fell In thestrcetnpparentlydcau. There Is nothing In tho report of the Chilean Investigation mado to us tint seriously impeaches this testimony. It appears from Chilean sourcos that almost Instantly with suddenntss that strongly Implies meditation and preparation, a mob, stiied by the pollcu authorities at ono tlmo to nuir.bcr 3,000 and nt another 1,000, was engaged in the assault upon our illors who nro represented as resisting "with stones, clubs nnd bright arms." Tho report of the Intendente of October states tint tho light began at Dp. m. In three sticets, which are named: that Information was received at thu Intendoncla at 0.15, and tint tho police arrived on the scene at 0:30, a full hair hour after thu assault began.

At that tlmo he says th it a mob of men had collected and that tor several squares there was the appearance or a "real batllellcld." The scone at this point Is very graphically set before us by tho Chilean testimony. Tho American sailors who. after so long an examination, have not been found guilty of any breach of peace, so far as the Chilean authorities are able to discover, unarmed and defenceless, aro fleeing for their lives, pursued by overwhelming numbers, und lighting only to aid their own escape trom death or to succor some vte whoso lite Is In greater peril Eighteen ot them are brutally stablied und beaten, while one Chilean seems, from thu roport, to have suffered some Injury: but how serious or with wlnt character of weapon or whether by mlssilo thrown by our men or by some of his follow rioters, Is unascertained Tho proteose thit our men were fighting "with stones, clubs and bright arms" Is, In view of thcso facts. Incredible. It Is further refuted bv 'the fact tint our prisoners, when searched, were ansoiuiciv wunoui arms, ouiy seven penitnivcs being round In tho possession ot thu men arrested, hllo there were received by onr men moro than thirty stab wounds, evory one ot which was Indicted In the back, and almost every contused wound was In tho bick or back ot the head.

Tho cv lilenco ot tho ship's officer ot tho day Is that ev cu Mie Jackkulves or tho men ere taken trom them before leaving tho ship As to tho brutal nature of tho treatment received by our men. tho rollowing extract from the account given ot the affair by tho 11 Patrja newspaper of Valparaiso of October 17 can not bu rcg uded ns too rriondly: "The Yankees, as soon as their pursuers gave chase, went by way ot the Callu del Arsenal towards the city car station. In the presence or an ordinary number ot citizens, among whom wcro some suitors, the North Americans took scats in the street car to ccapo fiom the stones which the Chileans threw at them It was believed for an instant that tho North Americans had saved themselves from popular fury, but such was not tho case. Slowly had the cir begun to move when a crowd gathered around and stopped Its progress. Under these circumstances and without any cessation of the howling and throwing or stones at the North Americans, the conductor entered tho car and, seeing the ilsk (it the situation to the vehicle, ordered them lo get out.

At the Instant tho sailors lett tho car. in the midst ot a hail or stones, the said conductor received a stone blow on the head One ot the Yankee sailors managed to escape In tho direction of tho Plaza Wheelrlght, but tho other was felled to the ground by a stono. Managing to raise himself from the ground where he lay he staggered In an opposite direction from tho station In front or thu house of Seuoi Mazzlni ho was again wounded, falling then senseless and breathless No amount of evasion or subterfuge Is ablo to cloud our clear vision of this brutal work. It should be noticed, in this connection, that tho American sailors arrested, for un examination, wero, during the tour days rollowing the arrest cv ery one discharged, no charge o' any breach of the peace or other criminal conduct having been sustained against a single one ot them Tho Judge of crimes, Foster, in a note to the Intendente, under date of Oct. 32 before the dispatch rrom this government of the following day, which the authorities of Chile to a better sense or the gravity of the affair says: "Having presided temporarily over this court In regard to the seamen ot tho United States cruiser Baltimore, trAo hare been tri'U on account of tlw deplorable conduct took place," etc.

The noticeable point here is that our sailors had been tried before the 2d of October, and that the trial resulted In their acquittal and return to their vessel. Ills quite remarkable, and quite characteristic of the management of this affair by the Chilean police authorities, that we should now ba advised that Seaman Davidson, or the Baltimore has been Included In tho Indictment, his offense being, so far ns I have been able to ascertain, that he attempted to defend a shipmate against an assailant who wis striking at him with a knife. The pcrfeot vindication ot onr men is furnished by this report: ono only Is found to ivo been guilty of criminal fault and that for an act clearly Justlilablo. Astothepirt taken by the police in tho affair the case made by Chile Is also far from satisfactory The point where Itlggln was killed Is only three minutes walk from tho pollco station and not more than t.ulce that distance from tlio intendencia; and yet. according to their official report, a full half hour elapsed after the assault bc'gan before the police were upon thu ground It has been stated that all but two ot our men have said that the police did their duty, The evidence taken at Mare Island shows that If suoh a statement was procured rrom our men It vvas accomplished by requiring them to sign a writ In a language they did not luideutand and by the representation that It was a mere declaration that they had taken no part In the disturbance Lieut McCreu, who acted as Interpreter, says In his evidence that when our sailors were examined before the court tho subject ot tho conduct of the pollco was so carefully avoided that he reported the fact to Capt.

Schley on his return to the vessel The evidence of the existence ol unlmoslty toward our sailors In the minds of sallui sof the Chilean navy and of the popuuee uf Valpiralso are so abundant and various ns to leave no doubt in tho minds of any one who will examine1 tho papers submitted It manifested Itself in threatening and Insulting gestures toward our men as hoy passed the Chilean men-of-war In Ihelr boats and in the derisive and abusive epithets with which they greeted every appcurime of un American sailor on the evenhiBof the riot Capt Schley reports that boats from the Chilean wurshitis several times went out of their course to cross tho bows of his boats, compelling them to back water lie complained of thu discourtesy and It was cor-reeled That this feeling was shared by men of higher tank Is shown by an Incident related by Suigeon.Stltt, or tho Baltimore After the battle of Placllla he. with other medical officers of the war vessels in tho hurbor. wus giving volunt.tt assistance to tho wounded In thu has pitals The son of a Chilean army officer high lu rairlc was under his care, und when the father discovered It, hu How Into a passion and said ho would rather have his son die than havo Americans touch him, and at once had him removed from tho wurd This feeling Is not well concealed in the dispatch ot thu foreign office nnd had quite open expression In tho 'iercspcctful treatment uf the Amen loan legation Thu Chilean boatmen In tho bay icfused even for large offers of money to return our sailors who crowded the Mole to their ship when thev were endeavoring to escape from the city 'on the night of the assault. The market boats of the Ball! more wero threatened, nnd etea quite recently the gig of Commander livans of tho Yorktown was stoned whllo waiting tor htm nt tho Molo. Tho evldenro of our sailors clearly shows t) at tho attaok was expected by the Ohlloan people; that throats had been mado against our men, and In onn caso, somewhat earlier In tho aftor-noon, the keeper of ono house Into whleh somo of our mon had gone, closod his establishment In anticipation ef nn attaok which he advised thorn would bo msdo upon thorn when darkness camo on, In report ot Cant.

Schloy to thn navy department, he says "In tho only Intorvlow ttnt I had Willi Judge Poster, who Is Investigating tho caso tslatlvfi to tho disturbances, beforo ho vras nwnro of tho entlro itru-ity -jf tho he lu-formed mo that tho natauU upon my mon was tho outcome of hatred for our people, among tho lower olnsses, becnuso thoy thought wo had sympathised with tho Chilean government on account of the Itata matter. Several of our men sought security from tho mob by such com-plcto or partial changes In their dross as.would conceal tho fact ot their being soamon of tho Baltimore, and found It then posslblo to walk tho stroots without molestation. Thcso lnoldonts conclusively establish that tho attack was upon tho uniform the nationality and not upon tho men. Tho origin of this feeling Is probably found In tho rofusal of this government to glvo recognition to tho congressional party beforo it had established itself in tho solzuro of tho Itata for nn nllcgod violation of tho neutrality law In tho cable inoldcnt and In tho chargo that Admiral Brown convojed Information to Valparaiso ot the landing at Qulntero. It Is not my purpose to enter hero any dofenso of tho action of this gov eminent In these matters.

It Is enough tor tho present purposo to siy that ir thcru was any brcioh of International comity or duty on our part it should havo been mado the subject ot olllclnl complaint through diplomatic channels, or of reprisals for which a full rcsposibillty was assumed. Wo cannot consent that thcso incidents and theso perversions ot tho truth shall be used to cxclto a murderous attack upon our unoTfcndlng sailors, and tho government of Chilo go acquitted of responsibility. In fact, iho conduct oi this government during tho war In Chilo pursued those lines of International duty Xvhlch wo had so strongly Impressed upon tho part of other nations when tho country was In tho throes ot active contllct. Wo continued tho established diplomatic relations with tho government In power until It vras overthrown, and promptly and cor dially recognized tho now government when It was established. Tho good offices of this govornmont was offered to bring about a peaceful adjustment and tho interposition of Mr.

Kgan to mitigate severities and to shelter adherents of tho congressional party wcro effective and frequent. Tho charge against Admiral Brown Is too baso to gain crcdenco with nnyono who knows his high personal and professional character. Referring to tho evidence or our sailors, I think It Is shown that thero were several distinct assaults and so nearly simultaneous ns to show that they did not spread from ono point. A press summary ot tho roport ot the fiscal shows that tho ovidenco or the Chilean officials and others was In conlllct as to the place of origin, several places being named by different witnesses as tho locality whero tho first outbreak occurred. This, If correctly reported, shows that there wcro several distinct outbreaks and so nearly at tho s.imo time as to causo this confusion.

The La Patrla, In tho same Issue from which I havo already quoted, after describing tho killing of Biggin and the light which trom that point extended to the Mole, says: "At the same time In other streets ot tho port the Yankee sailors fought tlcrcely with tho people or tho town, who believed to sco In them incarnate enemies or tho Chilean navy." Tho testimony of Capt. Jen-Kins of tho American morchnnt Keweeniw. which had gone to Valparaiso for repairs, and who was a witness ot some part of the assault upon the crew of tho Baltimore, Is strongly corroborative of tho testimony of our own sailors when he says that he saw Chilean sentries drive back a seaman seeking shelter upon a mob that was pursuing him. Tho officers und men of Capt. Jenkins' ship furnish the most conclusive testimony as to tho indignities which woro practiced toward Americans in Valpiralso.

When American sailors, even of merchant ships can only secure their safety by denying their nationality, It must bo time to readjust our relations with a government that permits such demonstrations. As to the participation of tho police, the evidence o' our sailors shows that our men wero struck and beaten by police officers borore and arter arrest and that one, at least, was dragged with a lasso about his neck by a mounted policeman That the death or Itlggln was tho result or a ride shot fired by a policeman or soldier on duty Is shown directly by thu testimony of Johnson, In whoso arms he was at tho time, and by tho evidence ot Charles Langen, an American sailor not then a member of tho Baltimore's crew, who stood close by and saw the transaction. Tho Chilean authorities do not pretend to tlx the responsibility of this shot on any particular person, but avow their Inability to ascertain who tired it, furthor than that it was tired from a crow d. The character of the vv ound, as described by one of tho surgeons of the Baltimore, clearly supports his opinion that it was made by a rlllu ball, the orltlco or exit being as much as an inch or an Inch nnd a quarter in width When shot tho poor fellow was unconscious and In tho arms of a comrade, who was endeavoring to carry him to a neighboring drugstore for treatment, The story of tho police that in coming up the street they passed the men and left them behind them Is Inconsistent with their own statement as to the direction of their approach and with their duty to protect them nnd Is clearly disproved, in fact, Itlggln was not behind but In front of the advancing force and was not standing in the crowd, but vvas unconscious and supported in the arms of Johnson when he was shot. The communications of thn Chilean government in relation to this cruel und disastrous attack upon our men us will appear from the correspondence, have not In any degree taken the form or a mighty and satisfactory expression of regret, much less of apology The event was ot so serious a character that, If the injuries suffered by our men bad iien wholly tho result of nn accident In a Chilean port, the Incident vras gruvo, enough to have called for somo public expression of sympathy and regret from the local authorities It is not enough to say that the affair vvas lamentable, for humanity would require that expression, oven If the boating and killing of our men had been justtliable.

It is not enough to say that the Incident Is coupled with the statement that thu affair vvas not or an usual character in ports where the foreign sailors arc accustomed to meet. It is not for a generous and sincere government to seek for words or small or equivocal meaning In which to convey to a friendly power an apology for nn offense so atrocious as this. In the case of the assault by a mob, In Now Orleans, upon the Spanish consulate In 1831, Mr. Webster wrote to the Spanish minister, Mr. Calderon, that tho acts complained of wero "a disgraceful und Ma-grant breach of duty and propriety" and that "his government deplores them as deeply as Minister Calderon and hls'govemment could possibly do;" "that tbeso acts have caused the president great pain and he thinks a proper acknowledgement Is due to her majesty's government." lie invited the Spanish consul to return to his post guaranteeing protection, and offered to salute the Spanish flag If tho consul shonld come in a vessel.

Such a treatment by the government ot Chile of this assault would havo been more creditable to tho Chilean authorities und much less can hardly be satisfactory to a government that values Its dignity and honor. In our noto of October 'H lo.it. which appears in the correspondence after receiving the roport of tho board of officers appointed by Capt. Schley to Investigate the affair, the Chilean government was advised of tho aspect which it then assuined and called upon for any facts lu i Its possession that might tend to modify tho unfavorable lm- Frcsslons which our report had created is very clear from the correspondence that, before the receipt of this noto, the examination was regarded by the police authorities as practically closed It was, however, reopened and protracted through a ficriod of nearly three months. We might justly tave complained ot this unreasonable delay, but In view ct the fact that tho government of Chile was Htll! nrov Islonal and lunlnz a disposition to bo fcrboaringand hopeful ot a friendly termination.

I have awaited the report which has but recently been made On tho "1st lust litaused to bo communicated to tho government ot Chile by tho American minister at Santiago the con-elusions of the government after a fuli exumlna. tlon ot all ev Ideucu and every suggcitlon affecting this matter, and to these conclusions 1 ad here. They were stated as follows- First That the assault Is not relieved of thn aspect which the earlj Information of the event gave to It, thatot an attack upon tho uniform ot the United states navy having Its origin and motive in a feeling of hostility to this government und not In any act of our sailors or of any of them "Second That tho public authorities ot Val par.ilso flagrantly failed In their duty to protect our men nml that somo of the police nnd somo of tho 'Chlloau and sailors were themselves guilty of uuprovked assault upon our sailors before and utter arrest lie (the president), thinks tho prepjnderance of the evidence und the Inherent probabilities lead to the conclusion that Itlggln -was killed by the police or soldiers "Third That he ithe president) Is therefore compelled to bring the case back to the pcsltlon taken by this government by the note of Mr Wharlpn of October "J-uno to ask for a suitable apology and for some adequate reparation tor the Injury done to this government. In the tunic note tho uttentlon of the Chilean government was called to the offensive character of a noto addressed by Mr, Mutta, Its minister ol foreign oiffalrs, to Mr Moult. Its minister ul this -country, on the lltb ultimo The dispatch was not otllcluly communicated to this government, but us Mr.

Monttwaa directed to translate ll und give it to the oreu of this oountry it seemed to mo that it could not pass without offlclM notice. It was not only undiplomatic, but grossly Insulting to our naval officers, And to tho oxocuttvo department, as it directly imputed untruth and Insincerity to the reports of naval offtcors and to tho official communications mado by tho oxecuttvo department to congress. It will be obsorvod that I hnvo notified tho Chilean government that unless this noto is at onco withdrawn and apology is published as tho offense Is mado I will tcrmtnato dlplomatlo relations. Tho request for the recall ot Mr. Kgan upon tho ground that ho was not persona grata was unaccompanied by nny suggestion that could properly bo used In support of it and I Infer that tho request Is based upon official, acts of Mr.

Egan which hnvo received tho approval of this government, But, however that may bo, I could not consent to consider such a question until It had first been Bottled whother our corrcsgondenco with Chilo could bo conducted upon a basis of mutual respect. In submitting these papers to congress ror that grave and patrlotto consideration which tho questions Involved demand, I dcslro to say that 1 am or tho opinion that tho demands made or Chilo by tlds government should bo adhcrod to and enforced. If tho dignity ns well as tho prostlgo and lntlucnco of tho United States nro not to bo wholly sacrificed, wo should protect thoso who In foreign ports display tho flag or wear tho colors of this government against Insult brutality and death, intllotcd In resqntment of tho nets of their government nnd not for any fault of their own. It has been desired in every wnv to cultlvato friendly and Inttmato relations wlthall tho govcrnmentsof this hemisphere Wo do not covet their territory; wo dcslro their peaco nnd prosperity. Wo look for no advantage In our relations with them except to Incrcaso exchango of commorce upon a basis of mutual bcncllt.

Wo ro-grct evory civil contest that disturbs their peaco and piralyzcs tholr development, and aro always roady to give our good offices for the restoration of peaco. It must, however, be understood that this government, whllo exercising thn utmost forbearance toward weaker powors, will extend Its strength and adequate protection to Its citizens, to Its officers and to Its humblest sailor when mado tho victims of wantonness and cruelty In resentment not of their personal misconduct, but of tho official acts of their government. Upon Information received that Patrick Shields, an Irishman and probably a British subject, but at tho tlmo firemen ot tho American HUamer Keweenaw in tho harbor of Val-paralso for repairs, had been subjected to personal Injuries in that city largely by the police I directed tho attornoy general to cause tho ovldonco of tho officers and crew ot that vc3sol to bo taken upon Its arrival in San Francisco, and that testimony is also herewith transmitted. Tho brutality and even savagery of tho treatment of tho seamon by tho Chilean pollco would be Incredible If the evidence of Shields wero not supported by other direct testimony and by tho distressing condition of the man himself when ho vvas finally able to reach his vessel. Tho captain ot the vessel says "ho camo back wreck; black from his neck to his hips from beating; weak and stupid, and Is still In a kind of paralyzed condition, and has never been able to do duty since." A claim for reparation has been mado In behalf ot this man, for, whllo he as not a citizen ot tho United States, the doctrlno held by us, as oxprcsscd In tho consular regulations, Is "tho principle which nro maintained by this government in regard to tho protection, as distinguished 'rom tho relief of seamen, arc ell settled.

It Is hold that tho e'-cumstance that tho vessel Is American Is edence that the seamen on board are such, and lu every regularly documented merchant vessel' thu crow-will tlnd their protection In the flag that covers them." I have as yet received no reply to our noto of the 21st instant, but in my opinion I ought not to delay longer It bringing thcso matters to the nttcntlon of congress for such action, as may be deemed appropriate. (Signed) BENJAMIN HAHIUSON. Executive Mansion, January 25, IBS'-. WANTS A RECEIVER. Fraudulent Practloei Charged Against th Officers ol a Chicago tlnnk.

Chicago, Jan. 20. State's Attorney Longneclccr presented a petition in Judgo Horton's court yesterday for leave to file an i.iforraation in the nature ot a quo warranto in tho name of tho people of Illinois against tho Chicago Trust and Savings bank, Daniel H. Tolrnan, its president, and its directors, praying for judgment of forfeiture against the banlc, its dissolution and a receiver to wind up its affairs. The state's attorney charges tho bank with loaning money at usurious rates of interest; with cmplo3ing illegal methods to conceal its usurious transactions; with fraudulently loaning money to a tannery firm; with unlawfully conducting a circus with the funds of tho banlc, and finally with selling the stock of tho bank under false pretenses.

Tho bank officers say thu suit is a blackmailing scheme of its debtors, who aro unable to meet their obligations. HOT RECEPTION Given to Nun-Union fruiters at Memphis, Tenn. Attacked in tho Street. Mkjii'iiis. Jan.

20. The Horning Commercial locked out its union printers Monday morning, their place being taken by sixteen non-union men, imported from St, Louis. They met with a hot rocoption. The union men attacked thorn as they wont to dinner and a squad of policemen had to be called in to keep the peace. A.

J. Mc-Dade, ot St. Douis, tho new foreman, was hit in the eye. He drew a revolver, but was arrested beforo doing any harm. Eleven of the non-union men consented to leave tQwn and were escorted to tho depot.

The others are scattered. The Commercial asked the union to reduce the scale from 45 to 40 cents. Tho union refused, hence the trouble. The Commercial is determined to fight'it out Itlot In a Mexican City. Sak Antonio, Jan.

28, Word has reached hero of another serious riot in the city of Zacetacas, Mexico. There was to be a balloon ascension and a bull fight, in which women were to be the performers. The entertainment attracted several thousands of people. The women wcro afraid of tho bulls, and the inflating apparatus of the balloon would not work. The spectators were so angered that they rushed into the arena and uttacked the performers.

Several persons were injured and the amphitheater was torn 'down to tne ground. Forsakes the Stage for the Pulpit. St. Louis, Jan. 20.

William Ilanlon, tho theatrical manager, announces that his brother, Ueorgo Ilanlon, has decided to abandon the theatrical business for the pulpit. Qcorgc Ilanlon is one of tho famous Ilanlon brothers, the acrobats who earned fame and money in this country and Europo in "Voyage En Suisse." Will Pny Dollar for Dollar. HoLUDAYSiiuito, Jan. 20. Tho appraisers in the estate of tho Bank of Tyrone, which recently failed, made a report to tlio Blair county court yesterday showing the total resources of tho bank to bo 5158,254.

If this statement of the assets is correct tho bank will pay dollar for dollar of its indebtedness. tlunkell's Appointment. Wasw.noton, Jan. 20. Tho president has notnlnuted William C.

Haskell, of Ashtabula, to be United States marshal for thu Northern district of Ohio. limbics llousoi Ilurned. Pink Tiuvvr, Jan. 20. A half block of business houses was destroyed yesterday by fire, entailing a loss of insurance WORK OF THE LEGISLATURE.

Proceeding of the I.XXth Resilon or Iho Ohio General Amcmhty, CoMJMnns, Jan. 19. 5nrte-Tho senatodia littlo business to-dny oxcept pass a few local bills, and a bill appropriating 113,041 to provldo for a deficiency rnunod by tho publication of tho constitutional amondmonts. Just beforo adjournment Speaker Layltn announced tho death of Ilepresentatlvo Henry V. Camp at his home, at Homer, Medina county, last night, at the ago of a years.

Following tno announcement Representative I'udnoy Introduced resolutions of condolence, which wcro ooccptcd by a rising voto, to adjourn us a mark of respcot. Dodge, ot Cuyahoga county, offered a joint resolution of considerable importance to Ohio. It calls on tho Ohio delegation In congress to use all honorablo means to scouro tho passago of a bill introduced by Mr. Mcllne, und which provides for Indemnifying tho stato for swamp lands. This means about for tho state treasury, as about that airount has beon paid to tho general government by citizens of Ohio.

In IWO congress passed an act ceding to tho different states nil swamp lands over which they had jurisdiction. Thcso lands ns tho country was developed bo-camo valuable and tho stnto falling to look after tho property prlvato Individuals applied for and obtained patents for tho land ut a nominal sum per aero. Tho pending bill proposes to refund to thu stnto all money paid Individuals for tho swamp lands which wero ceded by tho federal government In I8S0. resolutions offered by Messrs. McDonnell und lishcr, of Preble, respectively, instructing the Judiciary committee to report a bill to protect citizens against tho encronahments of foreign corporations and tho committee on revision to report a moro effectlvo mo(hod of improving publlo roads and highways, were adopted.

Cqmtmiius, Jan. yd The sennto transacted but littlo business to-day. Two bills of minor Importance wero passed. President Harris appointed Senators Nichols, Carpenter of Fayette, Abbott, Forbes and Shaw as a committee to ro-viso tho judicial districts as provided It shall be done every ton years. Jotut.

Senator Idcn's bill to authotizo the commissioners of Licking ounty to appropriate 23,000 for tho purehaso of a permanent camping ground for tho Ohio Nntlonnl Guard near Newark was read a third time, debated at length, and postponed (or ono week. Mr. Dodge's joint resolution calling on the Ohio delegation In congress to aid In securing tho passago of tho Mo-Itea bill, providing for tho refunding to the soveral stats of tho moucy paid by individuals for swamp lands slnco the cccing of such lands to tho stato In 18V), mot with considerable opposition when called up for adoption. Mr. Griffin offered nn amendment, having nn object directly opposed to the proposition In tho original, as it called on the Ohio delegation to defeat the bill.

Tho matter was finally postponed until to-morrow. Tho house was inundated with a flood of local bills upon every conceivable subject, nnd a few of them wero passed. Tho follow Ing bills of a general nature wero Introduced: Amending section 4314 by prov Idtng that parties having dogs stolen can recover their assessed value from parties stealing them and Imposing a penalty; amending section 0015 by prohibiting constables from removing furniture under replevin proceedings, when same Is sold on Installment plan, without giving parties two days to make payments; amending section f8l8 by prohibiting sheriffs from removing furniture under replevin pro-ing3, when sold on installment plan.wltlinut giving parties two days' time to make payment; restraining and limiting testators from making Indefinite bequests nnd irrlng full settlements of estates by allowing the heirs to appoint nn administrator to establish shares where residue Is unknown; prohibiting the killing of quails in Ohio for five ears: to prohibit tho unauthorized and improper uso of Loyal Legion and Grand Army badges. Coi.umiius, Jnn. 21.

Senate Mr. Van Cltsif offered a resolution In tho senate to-day which was adopted and road as follows: He-solved that tho committee on military affairs of the senate bo and Is hereby directed to Investigate and ascertain the condition nnd progress of the transcribing of tho roster of Ohio sold'ers In tho war of tho rebellion and previous wars, nnd tho publication of the same, ulso how much longer time will bo required to complete tho work and whether all tho clerical force heretofore emplojid upon the work Is now necessary; said committee to report to thu scnatu as soon as the information is obtained. Bills Introduced: Requiring boards of elections to bo In sc sslon on the day before election to glvo voters ho havo been absent an opportunity to register und to strike from registration lists all names of persons who did not voto at last previous election: to prohibit the majority of stockholders In Joint stock cumpinles from disposing of their stock without giving stockholders two weeks noil cu nnd making any sale In violation of this provision old: providing that corporations chartered prior to tho present constitution may comply with all Its requirements without forfeiting their previous rights; amending present law limiting number of voters In any precinct to live hundred, by making it discretionary with board of elections, and permitting division of precincts by the board on petition of majority of the voters', to provide for the election of assessors In precincts composed of twenty In more than ono tow nshlp Adjourned. Mow Tho bouse went on record this morning as being In ravor of a direct voto of tho people In the choico of a United States senator. Mr.

Paxton's resolution was the pending question It calls on the Ohio delegation In congress to old In securing the passage of the pending bill providing for nn amendment to tho constitution under whlchUnlted States senators shall be elected on a general ticket and by a direct vote as other state officers. Bills passed: authorizing the board of education of Mansfield to lssuo In bonds to complete and furnish high school building; authorizing section 1W1 as amended May 1,1891, so as to provide for posting of detailed statements of school bonds of township trustees ten days before and on election day; amending section C9C8 so as to Erohiblt tho catching of suckers nnd mullot-cads with net and seines in the Scioto river and Its tributaries. COLCMUUH, Jan. 22. Senate Tho senato held a short session to-day and adjourned till Monday at 4 o'clock.

Mr. McMackln offered a resolution In tho senate to-day providing for the appointment of a committee of threo to draft a bill of a general nature which will authorize municipal authorities to transfer funds and do other minor acts without calling on tho legislature for authority. It was referred to tho committee on judiciary. If such a law was enacted it would do away 1th a large amount of legislation. Home Bills Introduced: Amending seotlon 440 revised statutes so as to permit the advancement of coses on the supremo court docket whero thoy relate to damago suits arising from breach ot contract following personal injuries; providing for recovery of damages against city or county for loss of property sustained by riot.

Bills passed: Authorizing Lynchburg to Issue bonds for street improvement purposes; amending section WS revised statutes so as to Include into its provisions the UolUday law of last winter -and provide that when minors or saloonkeepers give testimony criminating themselves thoy shall not ba liable; Increasing the salary of members of the general assembly to $1,000 per annum; providing for tho sale of certain swamp lands within tho state and turn tho proceeds into the county treasury: amending sections CjCO so as to permit witnesses in garnishee eases to demand fees. In advance as In other cases. Adjourned until tho 25th. Columiidb, Jan. 23.

Senate Tho sennto convened nt 1 clock and was In session for about an hour. The governor sent tho name of E. A. Jones, of Athens county, to the senato for confirmation, us trustee of tho Ohio university, and.it was referred to tho commlttco on universities and colleges. Thcru being less than a quorum present tho bills for third reading wcro postponed till to-morrow.

Among tho bills lmroauccu woro tno lonowing: Amenuing section 3951 bv dlvldlmr tho one-twentieth of mill levy for tho Ohio state university under the nysell bill ns follows: Ohio Stato university one-fortlcth of a mill; Miami and Ohio universities, ono-elghtloth ot a mill between them and tho other one-eightieth to bo divided botweon tho non-eeotarian colleges of Ue stato, no college to receive to exceed JI.OOO, and providing for free scholarships! giving tombstono manufacturers und dealers a lien on tombstones nnd monuments when tho samo havo not licen paid for; amending sections 202 and 263 by giving citizens power to bring suits against railroads in civil cases with penalties uttaohed, without giving security for costs, provided notlco Is given railroad commissioner of violation ot law and ho falls to instruct county prosecutor to bring suit, Ilouie. Mr. Strohli offered a joint resolution, which was adopted, requesting our senators and representatives In congTcss to Bupport and work for bill providing for tbo purchase of tho Temple Farm and Mooro House, nt Yorktown, by tho government of tbo United States, at a cost not exceeding a reasonable price, tbo stato of Virginia to exempt tho samo from taxation. Tbo speaker laid beforo tho house a communication from tho Lincoln leuguo in Columbus, demanding tho repeal of tho law which prohibits the appointment of trustees of publlo institutions who nro residents of tho county In which such institution is located. Tlio resolutions of tho league, which is tho republican club of tho city, reflected upon recent opinion of Attorney General Ittchurds, in which lie sustained tho law, and this mot cauHod considerable unfavorable comment.

Tho house refused to receive the resolutions und by vote of 31 to 0 laid tho resolutions on tho table. Tho only bills of a general nature introduced woro tho following: Authorizing tho commissioners of Franklin county to lssuo 120,000 in bonds to construct a bridge over Alum creek nt Fifth avenue extension: providing a penalty for tho sale of tho seed ot Canadian thlstlo, or tho grow th of tho samo by occupant or owner of property; amending seotlon 8341 sons to nuikr kharu.es tur switching railroad cars uniform. PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS. ills Aunt 'l don't see, Jack, what ron like no much nbottt that girl." Jack "My arm, auntlo," Brooklyn Life. "I havo always wished," soliloquized the coroner, pensively, "that I could havo held this offlco immediately aftor tho flood." Pnciflo Harbor Light First Ofilco Hoy "Ho's no hows-pnpor man." Second OITlco Hoy "No?" "Naw, Ho's a journalist.

Ho writes rvid a gold pen." N. Y. Hccordor. No, my son, it is not always pollto to toll a man what you thtn'c of him. It is 8afor to toll it to Bomobotly else, ind it is just ns effective in most in-itances.

lloston Transcript. Pull. -Wool "Tho last I saw of Old Soak ho was tacking up Broad wny, rvitli a sign on his back." Van Pelt 'What did It road?" Wool "Standing room only." N. Y. Herald.

Husband "What in thundor Is that jhlld reaching out and yelling so for?" Wife "Ho is probably locking for a rollar button. Thoy say ho takes after pou." Clothier and Furnisher. "A cynic is man who Is tirod of Iho world, is he not?" tho young language student asked. "No, no, my ehild," replied tho knowing tutor. "A is a man of whom the world is tired." Jessie "Wo missed you in our box it tho theater last night," Jack "I ihould havo felt out of placo thero I had such a cold I couldn't speak nbovo ft whisper." N.

Y. Horald. Guest "And you aro tho proprietor of this popular hotel, are you? Why, I was hero last summer, and I don't think you owned it thon, did you?" Mr. Heavytipp no; 1 was ono of tho waiters, though." Comic. A Strong Hint Old Boarder "You don't spell soup with a do.

rou?" Mrs. Slimdlot "Certainly not Why?" Old Boarder "I thought not; I noticed there wasn't any oyster in It" -N. Y. Herald. I wish I hadn't eaten that apple," laid Fatty, ruefully.

"Why, was it a had ono?" "Well. I believe it was spoiling for fight," and his face took on a look of pain. St Joseph News Bess "Shame on you. Carrie I 1 saw you kiss Bon no loss than twenty limes last evening." Carrie "But ho is such a tiresome fellow, yon know. I have to kiss him to stop him from talking." Boston Trnnscript Count Poco d'Argento I called upon Mr.

Gaswcll this afternoon, nnd made a formal proposal for hla daughter's hand." Interested friend "Ah. indeed And what was the outcome Count Pocod'Argento (sadly) "I was." Boston Post Spacer "What did the editor say about your poem on tho earth Liner "Said he would like to see me go deeper into the subject" Spacer "How much deeper?" Liner "From what ho said I should judgo about six feet" N. Y. Herald. One Kind of a Watch.

Inventor tho fatality of things! Hero I have an invulnerable, non-atmospheric, spectacular, refractive, non-revcrbrat-ing, non-oscillatory watch, perfect in tie tail nnd mechanism; nnd yet I am almost starving." Friend "Why don't you sell the patent?" Inventor "Tho fools won't buy it just because It won keep time. The driveling idiots." Jewelers' Circular. WASN'T WELL INFORMED. Tho Stranger Had lulled to I'nst Himself nn Liudmitrk. "Where is the Young Men's institute?" asked a clerical-looking man, who had just come over the big bridge from Brooklyn, as ho stood hesitatingly in Park Row.

"Do Young Men's Christian answered the tough-looking 'longshoreman with a red nose and a black eye. "Why, dat's up do Bowery." "Yes, I was told It was in tho Bowery," replied the stranger. "But can you tell me just whero?" "Cert," ejaculated the 'longshoreman. "I don't know tho number, but I cas put yer right onto it You know vvlicrt Stove radio's saloon is, don't yer. well "No, I don't" said the stranger.

"What don't know Stevo Brodlo's? in tonesof disgust bridge jumper? "Never heard of him." "Well, you know whero Kerrigan'i dive is. It's not far from dat as "Excuse me, sir. I don't know KerrL pan's dive either." "Say, mister, where was yer bonk anyway? Perhaps yer don't even knov where Sheeny Mlko'sditno beauty-shorn is, den?" "No," "Nor Chin Wah's opium joint?" "I must seem very ignorant to you. "Plain ordinary Sgnoranco ain't in, it wid yer at all, mister. If yor don know dem places, yer hadn't ought to out alone in New York.

I can't direct yer to do instoot if yer don't know dt commonest landmarks. You'd bcttoi hire a dotective to guido yer round ani keep yer out o' do Bowory altogedder. N. Y. Tribune.

III Dorado Whs Jlun, There Is nothing obscure in the ety mology of tho Spanish phrase I'll Dorado, which means literally "Th Guildcd," yet to such an extent has it beon abusod that few know that it originally related to a man and not to country. In the latter sense it has been applied to almost every gold-bearing district encountered in America since tho discovery; and thoro is scarcely a mining camp in California but hai named its richest lode or most populat resort, whother grog shop, billiard sa loon, or theater, "El Dorado. As early as the sixteenth century it served to designate) an imaginary roglon abounding in gold and precious stones somewhere upon tho Isthmus of Panama, near its western boundary; but prior to this acceptation it hud become a synonym for tho most remarkable legend of the New World, tho supposed distent proximity of which luvustod its unexplored territory with tho glamor of Oriental romance. Tho tortn was, indeed, an application of royalty, and El Dorado, perhaps, a veritablo king whoso dully attire is said to have boon a simple coating of aromatic rosins followed by a sprinkling of gold dust blown through a butn boo cane, Puna-ma Star. SSMjBXf ffmf T3I 'iS.